Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-09-01


II brings no merry pc ,n',i j ynrs swell.
But iron n-tongu'd, it c, rlcI the Hour.
tOw'r
In startling tones il bids 1s Use az six,
Nor bows, nor curis,n nlnuns can we fix
For haste We mast, IL sui Ila ms toobey,
Or We in penaDce viii h;1. all siay.
Or should We tardy.b or n.,I<ning prayers
\ t'cksf sure We'll have dcsl .ie af tears.
For one will say, size ~ n.sg .i,ne
Another ads, She IL .frYCE ~
The culprii then rssicNEsi t. l. 4
In silence dull, her 81 ..ieEc, mus MATT.
Soon breakfast DER ..nd scenes domestic
too,
We need our dropping energies renew.
IN cheerful groups We kip, and jump, and
run,
But 10! the bell soon ntis our noisy fun
lis brazen voice calls lnul 10 studies dreaI
Within four stately walls, 18th naught e
cheer.
We're doomed TO spen.. one ing and weary
hour
To toll and delve the I,.inc Of mental pow'r
Some trace on hist'ry brignt and glowing
: page,
The. e.hi-ssbS deeds, and maxi rs OF the sage
s''AAA~ ""NaA AA lDAic fdSt vi ADItN
Upon the science by pl ilos'phers taught
OR penetrate the mystic folds of mind.
Their deep and hidden secrets to find.
Then with Linneaus' rowing sylvan bow rs,
! Some Gull the gay and MANY tinted flow rs,
/ OR soar aloft 10 far Parnassus' mount.
And quatf the crystal drafts of Hel'con's
fount.
Pcrchancc, in epic strains of Attic Bee,
/ They chaunt the song of Grecian victory,
Like Mantuau Levari, retiring from the
throng,
Paint nature in ma;chloss harmony of
song"
Or search the records lark If ancient lore,
For gems 10 enrich from mem'ry's treasur-
cd store.
But bark the warning bell dissolyes the
charm,
In accents harsh it rims the dread alarm
To class, 10 class, We tain must 20 straight
way,
Nor can we claim one nom, mt of delay.
Soon ranked in marital pt :lanx moving
line,
The colors Of the inGIh.yy fir.t shine.
We march in double file, with lips quite
mute,
Though not To softer ID sound Of Dorian
flute,
As did the Spartan vet rams iravc of old,
Bnt 10 the everlasting "capper" bold.
Which though We her is wlked by ".AH-
geLs' hands
Is not the music swec' nfheaynly lands
No pass WORD kind, nCs Weapon fierce have
To welcome friend or rlut tie enemy.
For sentInelS now guai each open gate,
Desert We cannot, neither INST we wait
Soon ranged, we under cl .ssic standard
proud
The gauntlet's thrown, and challenge heard
aloud
As conflicts sharp eHsuc ;wixt will and
mind,
The brave attack the fences combined:
The timid then withdraw il. dark despair,
The coward tremblcS I'd Is .;lled with fear,
Whilst idlcrs sigh and wish they had parole
From lessons dull Al. | ella s-rooms strict
control,
In grammar, reading, writing, history,
In spelling, rhetoric al botany.
ForSoOth, our faults az motel down
And told t. more thar i'll the nearest town
But oh there goes the bel with lis ding
dong,
W hat pleasure can it fad in hat sing sohgy
Then forced We are VIII he wing sigh and
grOan,
In figures now on tab! Is hard of stone,
To add. Sutstract, diyi ,e, AMI multiply.
To make the fraction / art Of one supply,
To square tie circle, Ci,,'lc cube and square,
The puzlinr task would teri IL the seer.
Oh . that the circles III ;hi always be round
And squares remain "S Squ-rG as they are
found
Ir.bi,ua.la. upJ L',.l; :, -. . .l,,,-h.
Their problems with such trials would be
fraught.
Nor school girls rise not up TO call them
blcSt,
Their the'rems grave bring neither peace
nor rest.
Again that summons - Ites tie list'ning ear
And varied scenes confusing too appear
For Babel like that bell ur spo oech cOnfnunds
And 10 there rcigns medley strange of
sounds
The Spanish. French, and German. take
the lead,
The living too converse with classic dead.
In CTSar'> tongue ami far f. med Cicero,
Whose cluquence in graceful numbers flow.
BY words they strive with all their might
and main,
t. crush the sterling Anglo Saxon strain.
No word ot English pure must YOU pro-
nouuce,
For this the foreigners will you denounce.
farieZ irancais, ne par'eZ-p ranglais
l. echoed 'round the balance of the day.
But toiling, struggling, ali ere long shall
CEASE,
And evening shades shall bring us gentle
peace.
4 l., L.. 4 -
speech,
I The social .irir happy now We reach.
: l,cloICing over labors past and gone
And conqueStS made and brilliant triumphs
Each merry, laughing iAcp and beaming
bsSpuaks The giadso'ae tace and pleasure
high,
While letters prisOd frnm home are read
( with glee
Mid joyful songs and voices light and free
But hark that sound, that sound. oh It's
the bell
That tells lis sad and n.ournfplc canew knell
e'on bound in peaocf slumbers lulling
chain,
Nought now disturts blczt SoAnus' gate
full reign
save Tiifui dEe2mS Of ringing bells that Tis,
In wondrous shapes before U4r sleepiDg eyes
And ere the mora sppsas that same Ass
N~s
WIN break our soothing 5; with its dia.
dong.
II YOU keep Paging away. ~,
chahess ate Won y ~ = baref OF.